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This being the aim of the paper, it is evident for what kind of men we have a place. The ideal editor would be a man of good personal address, of quick observation and ready intelligence. He would be able to get facts precisely as they are and put them into readable shape with a no mean literary skill. He would, above all other things, be willing to work and even to work hard if the interests of the paper demanded...
...ancient German in his ideal life nearer akin to the Greek than to the Roman...
...must live strongly. He must not try to suppress any of his energy that is leading to sin. but to turn its course, and transform it into virtue. This way any one can rise above himself and become a man, no matter how low be may have fallen. The ideal of the perfect man-the picture of Christ.-the thought of mother. father. or a loved one. all in some way reflection of Christ, are the things which will turn a man the quickest from yielding to temptations...
...connection with it, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, he would not divulge, believing that all such things should be kept secret. The Hippocratic Oath has been at different times embodied in the ceremonies of graduation in medical schools, and its adoption indicates how lofty is the ideal of morality held by the profession...
...worldliness. We are surrounded by men who have no better aim than to obtain riches for riches' sake, or power for power's sake, and we cannot but feel their influence. And still it is comforting to know that no man is entirely worldly. Every man has a noble ideal at some time in his life. We all realize, too, that that only is true living, which has for its aim the bettering of humanity. If our aim be to get riches, we hope to be able to do good with them, and our power we wish...